Example sentences of "our [noun pl] [verb] us [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From 1689 a new form of service was established for that day , thanking God for discovering " the snares of death that were laid for us " in 1605 , " and likewise upon this day " for bringing King William " safely into this Kingdom , to preserve us from the late attempts of our enemies to bereave us of our religion and laws " . |
| 2 | Our crewmates warned us about the Biranese girls ' reputation as practitioners of a dangerous form of magic which could trap a man on their island for ever ; then they disappeared ashore into the backstreets . |
| 3 | The language of the marketing echoes exactly that of any supermarket brand-name : ‘ our readers perceive us as a brand of books with a special flavour and image ’ . |
| 4 | For this reason we are asking our readers to tell us about their experiences in the jobs race . |
| 5 | One of our walks took us to the top of a huge escarpment at a place called Losiolo , or World 's View . |
| 6 | Part of the process of gaining control over our lives involves us in resisting their attempts to box us in the pigeonhole of ‘ client ’ — and to expose their self-styled , self-seeking efforts to elevate their second-hand knowledge about disability into a ‘ profession ’ . |
| 7 | So the Holy Spirit works , in our lives to bring us to Christ , to bring us to new birth . |
| 8 | Conflict theorists emphasise that most areas of our lives involve us in institutionalised power relationships , and most of us are subordinate most of the time . |
| 9 | In saying that our senses restrict us to appearances and that therefore we know nothing , they would mistakenly be supposing that knowledge is exclusively knowledge of necessary causes and inner natures . |
| 10 | When trials come we must trust what he has revealed about himself in the Bible rather than what our senses tell us at that particular point in time . |
| 11 | Our travels led us to places as far apart as Sanderstown , San Francisco , New York , and London — all in search of an ‘ insurance ’ that would guarantee for us peace and tranquillity on Koraloona , the most beautiful island of the whole beautiful Moto Varu archipelago . |
| 12 | Of the great fear of the men of property our sources leave us in no doubt . |
| 13 | We must therefore keep tight control on stocks of both raw materials and finished products and ensure that our customers pay us on time . |
| 14 | The kindness of our neighbours helped us over this difficult period . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , we can look back on the year with pride and feel confident that our achievements stand us in good stead for 1992 . |
| 16 | Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best ; but God disciplines us for our good , that we may share in his holiness . |
| 17 | Anyhow , we prefer our horses to like us at the end of it . ’ |
| 18 | Our hosts regaled us with much history about Prince Georgivhili and other obscure rulers of the Middle Ages . |
| 19 | Our students refer us to our own teachings : ‘ Good communication ’ , they say , ‘ is of the essence ’ . |
| 20 | The stored up sunshine and seasalt in our pores saved us from having another attack of the dreaded ‘ flu that winter , although we had also used very much potassium permanganate in our sinks and drains , as the health authorities asked . |